Russia continues to gain access to foreign chips and technology through intermediaries such as Iran, said a senior US official responsible for regulating exports.
“Russia has turned to other countries, if you can imagine Iran and North Korea’s partners, to fill some gaps in its procurement that are created by the removal of our products from the Russian market,” said the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for the Administration Export, Thea Kendler. to reporters in Tokyo on Thursday. “We know that Russia is using Iranian drones in Ukraine to kill civilians.”